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trademark protection outside of registered classes

商標 Hello! We are based in Singapore. We are currently developing our intellectual property strategy. For this, we would like to register our tradem...
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Do I own the IP created by a contractor?

契約 Good evening, everybody! I am working with a team of IT and Marketing specialists on an app-development project, which we intend to monetize and...
回答: 1 閲覧: 1437 いいね: 3 2014/11/02 アメリカ合衆国

How do we prevent a large competitor from just implementing our feature?

ビジネスストラテジー Hi! When talking to investors, how do we convince them that the feature we propose won't just be implemented by Facebook, or some other big comp...
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Registering Trademark despite same-name TLD?

商標 Hello! We are based in Singapore. If I register a top-level domain in the United States and in Australia with our brand-name, can others still g...
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When is a freemium business model the best option?

ビジネスストラテジー I was wondering if anybody can provide input on freemium business models. When is the "freemium" approach of marketing your product the best way to...
回答: 1 閲覧: 1681 いいね: 2 2014/10/27

Setting up startup company in Singapore?

ビジネスフォーメーション Hi there~ We are a team of IT and Marketing professionals who have been developing a business plan and first product prototypes. We are planning...
回答: 1 閲覧: 1456 いいね: 0 2014/10/26 シンガポール

Using the likenesses of a real person in a game app

著作権 Hi there! My team and I have launched our game design startup just recently. For or a new game app, we would like to use the names and likenesse...
回答: 1 閲覧: 1628 いいね: 2 2014/10/25 オーストラリア

Does my technology belong to the university I work for?

特許 I am a material science researcher and Ph.D. candidate at a public university. In the course of my research, I have developed a technology for whi...
回答: 1 閲覧: 1482 いいね: 2 2014/10/24 アメリカ合衆国

Protection of IP during fundraising

侵害 It seems to be common knowledge that VCs will not sign an NDA, and a startup appears amateurish if they ask for it. Is there any other way we can p...
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Are NDAs useful?

侵害 NDAs seem to be ubiquitous In the startup world (and I guess it is the same in any IT/High Tech Business environment). I have heard that they are n...
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